Benink, Eric J.

Before becoming an attorney, Daniel Bencivenga worked for 10 years as an editor and writer for business and news publications, winning several journalism awards along the way. Desiring to put his writing skills to work in a way that would directly benefit people who have been injured by corporate misconduct, Mr. Bencivenga attended Widener University School of Law in the evenings while writing for a series of medical magazines during the day.

After graduating from law school, Mr. Bencivenga began his career as a labor and employment attorney, representing both individuals and unions in complex cases stemming from the breakdown of the employment relationship. During this time, Mr. Bencivenga represented hundreds of steelworkers in labor disputes resulting from the shut-down of Bethlehem Steel, where 10,000 people would ultimately be displaced as their jobs were moved overseas or to non-union states. Working with individual clients, Mr. Bencivenga helped to shape interpretations of key discrimination statutes, including the Americans with Disabilities Act - helping to establish that the law protects both those who are actually disabled and those, like burn survivors, who are perceived to be disabled when they are not. Mr. Bencivenga has written a number of articles, including articles in ATLA's Trial, focusing on the rights of injured workers.

Several years into his career, Mr. Bencivenga began working together with the firm's Martin K. Brigham, representing individuals who have been catastrophically injured both inside and outside the workplace. Centering their practice on the representation of burn survivors, the two helped to bring national attention to legal issues impacting the burn community, both through their successful representation of seriously burned individuals and through the publication of articles relating to the rights of burn survivors.

Mr. Bencivenga has worked representing individuals who have been injured by the misconduct of pharmaceutical and chemical companies. With work ranging from the representation of Vietnam veterans who were injured by their exposure to Agent Orange to representation of individuals who suffered heart damage after taking the diet drug fen-phen, Mr. Bencivenga has continued his career-long commitment to helping individuals who have been injured by corporate misconduct and negligence.